His attorney contended Helton should not receive a prison sentence because the phishing technique Helton used was not technologically sophisticated. A man who admitted hacking hundreds of email accounts and stealing explicit photos from several unidentified celebrities was sentenced Thursday to six months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Andrew Helton of Astoria, Oregon, to the prison term and two years of supervised release on Thursday. Helton pleaded guilty in March to stealing 161 nude or explicit photos from 13 people, including unidentified celebrities. He systematically pilfered nude and intimate images of his victims and stored them in his own computer for personal use."

Source: ABC News July 21, 2016 19:47 UTC